Learning more about JavaScript

A good JavaScript survival guide recently arrived, complete with info about why JavaScript should be learned, advice on taking your time to learn it properly, some insight in to its power, and tips on how and where to learn more. The second edition of an excellent book called Eloquent JavaScript, free to read online, recently arrived too. If you’ve been developing JavaScript for a while and want to learn more about refactoring your code, The Refactoring Tales is a development book you can read online for free too. This excellent list of must-watch JavaScript videos recently came to my attention, it’s very useful to further your knowledge on a wide range of JavaScript-based technology.

Compendium of SVG knowledge

Lastly this week (but in no way the least important subject), I have a vast compendium of SVG information for you, with information about how to use SVG, how to create icons and sprites, use shapes, patterns and gradients, as well as details about using SVG strokes to create line animations — the list just goes on and on and on. It’s the most comprehensive collection of SVG knowledge that I’ve ever seen.

Until Next Week…

That’s it for this week. I hope that you enjoyed catching up with the latest news. My co-author James will be bringing you more highlights next week.

I'm a web developer living in Christchurch (thanks for all the quakes) where JavaScript is my forte.
When off the computer I volunteer down at the local community centre, or enjoy playing tabletop games such as Carcassonne or Stone Age with friends.